The Unholy Trinity Reunion

I guess we'll begin with our first presentation of the day.

I have no fucking clue when I met him.

because it seems like we've known each other forever, and he is actually more likely to remember than I am, but that's because everything for me is a blur now.

Probably we were introduced at one of the many conventions we were doing when we were doing conventions all the time, when it seems like every three or four weeks there was another convention, and I'm sure that somebody, maybe even somebody in this room who was fans of both of us, introduced us.

That's at least how it lives in my imagination.

Turns out we had a lot in common, He was focused on demolishing creationism and I was taking on all arguments every week on a call-in show.

He was a huge Motorhead fan and I knew roughly who they were.

I had a pretty high spicy food tolerance and he was trying to set the world record every day and can clearly feel no pain.

We both love and keep a lot of reptiles, which we will happily tell you everything about for days, but mostly we have the same mission.

And Seth talked to me about doing the first Unholy Trinity event.

I think it was on a flight where we were sitting next to each other when we first talked about it.

And I just remember being excited that there was going to be three friends doing this and not just, oh, let's pick out whatever's marketable.

Because anybody who knows me knows that I'm no good at and do not care what is actually marketable.

So we have toured the world.

We have argued with street preachers.

We have done debates.

We've met with thousands of people, all because of folks like you.

So a huge thank you to you guys for showing up.

Please get up for my great friend, the snake-handling, spice-snorting, creationist-destroying Arden Ardenrod.

Thank you.

Thank you very kindly, Matt.

Now, dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.

Electric word, life.

It does not mean forever, and it's a mighty short time.

But I'm here to tell you there's nothing else, just this world.

I guess we'll begin with our first presentation of the day.

I have no fucking clue when I met him.

because it seems like we've known each other forever, and he is actually more likely to remember than I am, but that's because everything for me is a blur now.

Probably we were introduced at one of the many conventions we were doing when we were doing conventions all the time, when it seems like every three or four weeks there was another convention, and I'm sure that somebody, maybe even somebody in this room who was fans of both of us, introduced us.

That's at least how it lives in my imagination.

Turns out we had a lot in common, He was focused on demolishing creationism and I was taking on all arguments every week on a call-in show.

He was a huge Motorhead fan and I knew roughly who they were.

I had a pretty high spicy food tolerance and he was trying to set the world record every day and can clearly feel no pain.

We both love and keep a lot of reptiles, which we will happily tell you everything about for days, but mostly we have the same mission.

And Seth talked to me about doing the first Unholy Trinity event.

I think it was on a flight where we were sitting next to each other when we first talked about it.

And I just remember being excited that there was going to be three friends doing this and not just, oh, let's pick out whatever's marketable.

Because anybody who knows me knows that I'm no good at and do not care what is actually marketable.

So we have toured the world.

We have argued with street preachers.

We have done debates.

We've met with thousands of people, all because of folks like you.

So a huge thank you to you guys for showing up.

Please get up for my great friend, the snake-handling, spice-snorting, creationist-destroying Arden Ardenrod.

Thank you.

Thank you very kindly, Matt.

Now, dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.

Electric word, life.

It does not mean forever, and it's a mighty short time.

But I'm here to tell you there's nothing else, just this world.